1. penitential - Noun
2. penitential - Adjective
3. penitential - Adjective Satellite
Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.
A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhat end impersonal, what breathless age, Incontinent of quiet and of years, What calm catastrophe will yet assuage This final drouth of penitential tears? Yvor Winters
penitential tears Source: Internet
wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words Source: Internet
Accounts exist of the severity of his penitential practices. Source: Internet
Both the dialogues and the evolving paintings were ostensive penitential lessons that even illiterate people (who were the overwhelming majority) could understand. Source: Internet
For a while, as the White Penitents approached Rome, gaining adherents along the way, Boniface IX and the Curia supported their penitential enthusiasm, but when they reached Rome, Boniface IX had their leader burnt at the stake, and they soon dispersed. Source: Internet